General orders. No. 187 General orders. No. 187

Collection: Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 Alternate Title(s): Court martial of first lieutenant Thomas C. Baldwin, 7th Iowa Volunteers Uniform Title(s): General orders. No. 187 (1863) Author(s): United States. Adjutant-General's Office, author. Contributor(s): Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 Publication: [Washington?] : [publisher not identified], [1863] Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Military Personnel Jurisprudence American Civil War United States Baldwin, Thomas C., First Lieutenant United States. Army Abstract: An order describing the September 23, 1862 court martial at Camp Montgomery, Mississippi of first lieutenant Thomas C. Baldwin, 7th Iowa Volunteers. Baldwin plead guilty to "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman" (Baldwin had been convicted of being twice drunk in camp and drunkenly taking an African-American woman into his tent bed on the night of September 2, 1862 "with his tent doors open."), the court martial found him guilty, but as the court martial was improperly organized Baldwin's sentence to be dismissed from the service was inoperative. However, because the accused admitted guilt the President of the United States directs that the sentence be carried out. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain (More information) Extent: 1 sheet NLM Unique ID: 101656662 (See catalog record) OCLC no.: 908240244 Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101656662